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KotH 4on4 Cup: Round 1

Date October 16, 2009

We are happy to announce all 128 slots were filled in less than two days. Now it’s time to start the action – good luck and much fun to all teams!

Details

  • [Tree]
  • [Rules]
  • Map: koth_sawmill
  • Schedule Deadline: Thursday, 22th October, 23:59 CEST
  • Match Deadline: Wednesday, 28th October, 23:59 CEST

New partner n1ping and KotH 4on4 Cup

Date October 12, 2009

Game Server Hosted by www.n1ping.com

We are very proud to announce a new partnership between ETF2L and the server provider n1ping.

Our new sponsors will support our league with 15 servers, each with 18 slots and hosted at a variety of locations (currently Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Frankfurt), as well as a 200 slot Mumble server.

King of the Hill 4on4 Cup powered by n1ping

As an introduction to our new collaboration with n1ping, we present the first ETF2L King of the Hill Cup with prizes for the winner and runner up. Sign Ups open on Wednesday at 20:00 CEST. See below for full details.

Details

  • Slots: 128
  • Gamemode: 4on4, class limit 1, no medics or engineers
  • Winmode: 1 map played to best of 7 rounds (first team reaching 4 points wins)

Prizes

  • 1st – (public) server with 18 slots (duration: 3 months)
  • 2nd – mumble server with 20 slots (duration: 3 months)

Schedule

  • 14th to 18th October – Sign Ups (open 20:00 CEST)
  • 19th to 28th October – Round 1
  • 29th October to 8th November – Round 2
  • strict 1-week-rhythmus from Round 3 onwards
  • Final – Mid December

Maps

Sign Ups

Staff changes – Another ban

Date October 12, 2009

More staff changes

After a long and successful term as head admin, Netherlands DeNeusbeer has decided to stop his work as head admin for ETF2L. Looking towards ETF2L’s future, we needed a new head admin to work alongside Germany dAyKiLLeR, and we therefore congratulate England Kop on his promotion.

He has been one of our most hard working admins since January this year, and considering his leadership and organisational abilities, both with ETF2L and his long-standing tenure as leader of England Cable Internet Clan, we are certain that he will make the most of his new head admin role.

We also asked England D2M and Finland m0re if they would consider re-joining the team, and we are very pleased to announce that they both agreed.

Last but not least, Scotland JimmyBreeze, perhaps best known for his many in-depth articles on Resupply, also joins the ranks.

Our revamped staff roster will ensure you receive continued quality support and many new improvements in the coming days, weeks and months!

Another ban: vlees

Another cheater was caught. [vlees] was banned for using an aimbot in a match. More bans will be announced soon.

Statement

Date October 8, 2009

Both myself and deltron initially started things here as administrators along with day almost 2 years ago now. I’m not active in the TF2 community and so most of you won’t know who i am but i think its important that the following statement comes from me or deltron. I’d quickly like to address a couple of issues that have been raised recently in the community and on other websites.

Money

I’d like to start by clearing up the issue of money being taken from deltron. We spoke recently and both myself and deltron are satisfied that no money was stolen. I’m assured that there were issues with the advertising company that was being used. However at the same time etf2l is hosted entirely by deltron (he pays the bills himself) and we currently use our fair share of bandwidth and resources. I’m therefore suggesting opening a donations account at least until any real sponsors are found. It’ll be set up to go to weqo as id like to believe that most of you trust him (i do anyway). I can guarantee that any donations made will make their way to deltron and to start the ball rolling weqo has donated £50 and i myself will be making a donation too.

Deltrons only concern was that the site was making money due to the ads and he was receiving nothing for the charges we incur. We are only looking to cover a % of the total costs (which are £53 a month) anything above this will obviously be put back into the league.

Freedom of Speech

Id like to make clear that the forum rules are not here to stop you discussing issues you may have with ETF2L or its administrators. The majority of the forum rules are just common sense, many other forums have significantly stricter rules. Please feel free to discuss any issues you may have with both the league or its staff, just keep your threads clean. We won’t lock or delete your topics if you can discuss things in a mature fashion.

I’ve started a new thread here: https://etf2l.org/forum/league/topic-6878/

Furthermore i’m hopeful that there will be more changes in the coming weeks.

Cheers

ST8

New Forum Rules

Date October 7, 2009

In the last days we have worked on a few general forum guidelines and rules. Every user will have to accept these before she/he can post in the forum again. Please have in mind these rules also affect newspost and match page comments.

Forum/Website Rules & Code of Conduct:

F.1 – Please be polite at all times, we take hostility very seriously, anything we deem inappropriate will be removed and depending on the severity of what was said, a warning or temporary ban will be applied.

F.2 – Please do not flame or insult other members in the TF2 Community, if you notice that someone starts to flame you in topic or a reply that you have posted, please refrain from flaming back, the member will be dealt with, as we have forum moderators overlooking the forums constantly. If we haven’t dealt with it within 3 hours please join #etf2l @ quakenet on IRC and speak to an admin.

F.3 – Please do not swear at other members in the TF2 Community, swearing is only deemed appropriate when used in the humour or joking form. Please refrain in using such words otherwise.

F.4 – Please do not post any inappropriate links in any threads on the forum.  This includes

Phishing sites/Spyware sites/Virus Sites, double check the website you are posting is legitimate.

F.5 – If you wish to bump older threads that have been forgotten about please do so but for a good/related reason. Otherwise the topic will be locked.

F.6 – If you created a topic and wish for it to be locked, please change your topic of the thread to “Close Topic” and an admin will shortly lock it for you.

F.7 – If by accident you post the same reply twice or more please change the 2nd to “x” spammed replies to “[delete post]”, and an admin will shortly remove them.

F.8 – Please do not post any sensitive data on these forums, e.g. date of birth, someone’s real name, location of where they live and so on. Failure to abide by this rule means you are breaking the data protection act.

F.9 – Please do not go against a forum admin’s decision, it will be dealt with severe consequences. An example is, if an admin deemed your post was inappropriate, do NOT reply again with the same post, if caught the punishment will be quite severe.

F.10 – If you wish to make a complaint about an admin for incorrect behaviour or procedure applied, please contact a different admin in #etf2l @ quakenet on IRC. All admins are neutral to each other; we do not take sides of either party. We follow the rules and analyze what has been said, if the admin has made the mistake, we will rectify it as soon as possible. Just remember admins are also human and they do make mistakes.

F.11 – Strictly NO racism will be tolerated,  direct racism and words will NOT be tolerated, failure to abide by this rule results in a permanent ban.

F.12 – If you wish to create a topic which links to a picture/clip/sound file and is deemed as “not safe for work” please put in your post at the end [Not Safe For Work]. Some of the admins check the ETF2L forums from work and do not wish to see/hear gross images/clips/voice clips.

F.13- When creating your own thread please make sure it is in the right forum ‘section’ i.e. if you are advertising that you are looking for a clan then please place a new topic under “Player recruiting forum”.

F.14-Strictly no topics are to be created with reference to: –

  • Religion
  • Politics

We’re happy for members to discuss off topic, however anything related to religious/political will be immediately deleted, and the offender will be given a warning the 1st time. If you wish to discuss one of those two topics mentioned above please use another forum, search on the internet there are plenty around.

F.15 – If you wish to express your views or the communities views through your own thread you may do so, however if approached in the incorrect manner, your post will again be deleted. For example, if you/you speaking for the community have issues with the FaN (Force of Nature) then make a valid argument and open it up for discussion. Don’t try and emphasize what you think is correct in a hostile manner, [Guidance Rule]

F.16 – If you wish to discuss anything related to the league/Team Fortress 2 which would involve the community to agree or disagree on, feel free to do so, however in relation to the very first rule please do not flame/troll/abuse or be hostile in what you are trying to express. We all have our different opinions some of which are right some are incorrect. In the end we are out for the same thing usually, so please keep it clean. [Guidance Rule]

F.17 – Make sure you apply this rule when your posting, “two wrongs do NOT make it right”, If someone has gone against any of the rules, this does not give you the right to lash back in the same approach; this is not deemed as a valid excuse.

F.18 – Any direct abuse to any of the ETF2L admins will NOT be tolerated, we take good care of our admins and will not stand for either being picked on nor bullied.

Lastly, we try our very best to be fair and neutral to all members of the public in the TF2 Community, we do listen to your requests and we do as a team discuss what the solution or outcome should be. If you as a community approach us within an appropriate manner we will listen to your requests. Just because you are behind a monitor it does not give you the right to be abusive or disruptive to anyone or any topic.

Punishment Guidelines for offenders

Racial Discrimination/Racism – Permanent ban this applies to all members, admins or players.

Spamming – Deliberate Spamming results into a temporary ban.

Flaming – Results in a warning from admin(s) and if the person persists then a temporary ban will be set.

Hostility/Nasty’ness’/Inappropriate Manners – A heavy warning, if continues then a temporary if not lengthy ban.

Incorrect topic placement – Light hearted warning.

Inappropriate links – Depending on how bad the link was, if it was porn/sadistic material a temporary ban, otherwise a mild/heavy warning.

Irrelevant topics created – Mild warning and advised to read the rules.

Inappropriate material – Depending on how severe the material provided whether it is a picture viewable or downloadable, punishment ranges from a mild warning – very lengthy ban.

Punishment for Re-offenders

Everytime you are caught and have broken any one of the etf2l rules you will receive on most cases double the length of your previous ban. I.e. you were previously banned for 1 day for flaming, the next time you will be banned for 2 days, then 4 then 8 etc… Unless your offence was so severe probably a lengthy ban or a permanent ban will be applied.

Finally, if you do not like these rules then we suggest you start posting threads else where, we want our league to be clean, efficient and friendly, where new players from all ages to be able to come and read the forum with some integrity and maturity.